---
type: Entity
id: "https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/summer-of-85-56dbc0#business"
name: "Summer of '85"
listed: false
status: open
url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/summer-of-85-56dbc0
record_id: 56dbc04b-3972-43e3-95c9-9857a516fd74
indexable: true
---

# Summer of '85

Tavern in Halyard Park, Milwaukee.

Status: Open. City license in force, checked November 2, 2026.

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 2213 N Martin L King Jr Dr, Milwaukee [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.059442380259&lng=-87.9145952879572) | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Hours | Monday: closed; Tuesday and Wednesday: 4:30 pm to midnight; Thursday to Saturday: 4:30 pm to 1:30 am; Sunday: 11:00 am to midnight | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | [so85mke.com](https://www.so85mke.com/) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Cuisine | American | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1936 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic register | In a National Register district since 1984 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | KISMET ACTIVATIONS LLC | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Current license term from | Cigarette and Tobacco: July 31, 2026; Class B Tavern License: July 31, 2026 | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Licenses in force | [Cigarette and Tobacco](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/cigarette-and-tobacco), [Class B Tavern License](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/class-b-tavern-license) | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [OpenStreetMap node/13290698073](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/13290698073) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## What the record says

Summer of '85 is a tavern at 2213 N Martin L King Jr Dr, Milwaukee. It holds a cigarette and tobacco license issued July 31, 2026 and a Class B tavern license issued July 31, 2026; the City lists the licenses as active. It is not yet a listed place; a Neighborhood Mayor or the editor can nominate it. [Inclusion rule](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/inclusion-rule.md)

## The building

Use this to decide whether the building is worth a look for its history: when it went up, what the City records it as, and which historic registers list it.

Built 1936, tavern, 1 story. In a National Register district since 1984.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year built | 1936 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Use | Tavern | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 1 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Floor area | 6,000 square feet | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value, 2026 | $689,300 \(land $22,500, building $666,800\) | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | North Third Street: National Register district, listed 1984 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 |

## Getting there

Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go.

Bus:

- Route 21 at North & Dr. MLK Drive, a 1-minute walk (87 m)
- Via Rt 12 and Via Rt 30 & Blueline at Vel Phillips & Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy, a 1-minute walk (88 m)
- Route 19 and Via Rt 19 at Dr. MLK Drive & North, a 1-minute walk (96 m)

Bike share:

- Bublr dock Vel R. Phillips & Garfield (2205 Vel R. Phillips Ave.), a 1-minute walk (100 m)
- Bublr dock MLK & North (2220 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), a 1-minute walk (108 m)
- Bublr dock MLK & Brown (314 W. Brown Street), a 4-minute walk (318 m)

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.059442380259&lng=-87.9145952879572).

Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), checked November 1, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS.
Source: [Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed)](https://gbfs.bcycle.com/bcycle_bublr/gbfs.json), checked November 1, 2026.

## What you can do here

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## Sources and record

Datasets:

- [City of Milwaukee business licenses](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/regulation/license/MapServer): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Clerk License Division
- [City of Milwaukee liquor licenses](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/liquorlicenses): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Clerk License Division
- [City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\)](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/mprop): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\), City Assessor
- [Places lane classifier answers](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy): model answers about public facts
- [OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright): Open Data Commons Open Database License \(ODbL\) 1.0. Credit: [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- [City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\)
- [Photos from a business's own website](https://littlemilwaukee.com/data): facts stated by the business \(hours, phone, founding year, zip\); no text copied

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 2213 N Martin L King Jr Dr | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 2213 N Martin L King Jr Dr | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value | $689,300 \(2026\) | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building area | 6,000 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building use | Tavern, land use code 5813 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Chain | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Classified category | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Cuisine | American | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.05944, -87.91460 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.05944, -87.91460 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | North Third Street, National Register, 1984 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | KISMET ACTIVATIONS LLC | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | KISMET ACTIVATIONS LLC | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-08-26 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-08-26 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-07-31 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-07-31 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 350102 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 350131 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Cigarette and Tobacco \(CIG\) | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Class B Tavern License \(BTAVN\) | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Locally owned | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | Summer of '85 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | Summer of '85 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Opening hours | Monday: closed; Tuesday and Wednesday: 4:30 pm to midnight; Thursday to Saturday: 4:30 pm to 1:30 am; Sunday: 11:00 am to midnight | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | amenity=pub | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | node/13290698073 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel historic | On the National Register | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 3530215000 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 3530215000 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 1 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | https://www.so85mke.com/ | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1936 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53212 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-03.

Record id: 56dbc04b-3972-43e3-95c9-9857a516fd74

Forms: [HTML](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/summer-of-85-56dbc0), [markdown](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/summer-of-85-56dbc0.md), [JSON](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/summer-of-85-56dbc0.json).

## For agents

Summer of '85 \(tavern in Halyard Park, Milwaukee\) is at 2213 N Martin L King Jr Dr, Milwaukee. It is not a listed place, and its status is open \(City license in force, checked November 2, 2026\).

JSON: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/summer-of-85-56dbc0.json

Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"summer-of-85-56dbc0"}; get_record {"id":"56dbc04b-3972-43e3-95c9-9857a516fd74"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.059442380259","lng":"-87.9145952879572"}.

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